IPL matches that were won by a six hit off the final ball of the match

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Pune Warriors India, Bengaluru, April 17, 2012

Saurabh Tiwary sealed victory in front of the Sea of Red

Pune Warriors’ skipper Sourav Ganguly won the toss and elected to bat first against an RCB team that was coming off three consecutive losses in the 21st match of IPL 2012.

Taking full advantage of the batting friendly wicket at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, PWI compiled a competitive 182 on the board. 12 overs into the chase RCB looked all set for their fourth straight defeat as they still needed 107 runs with Saurabh Tiwary having just joined Chris Gayle.

The 13th over though, proved to be the inflection point in the match as Gayle smoked Rahul Sharma for five consecutive sixes. Gayle got out with 56 still needed off 26 balls as de Villiers came to the crease. Ashoke Dinda uncharacteristically bowled a tight second last over that went for just 7 runs, leaving Bangalore with 21 to get from the final over.

Tiwary picked a single off Ashish Nehra’s first ball before Mr. 360 AB de Villiers swung his wand-like bat to create magic. ABD hit 4,6,6 as the crowd went R-C-B. A single next ball meant Tiwary had to score 3 off the final delivery of the match.

Nehra landed the ball at a good length, well in range of Tiwary’s arc as the ball cleared long on and out came the RCB team, running to celebrate with their on field heroes.